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The two soldiers shoved the Afghan commander to the ground and he walked away with bruises

Meanwhile, Mr Quinn quit the military and is thought to have secured a job on Wall Street.

Sergeant Martland, who received a Bronze star for valor actions during a Taliban ambush, previously wrote in a letter to the Army that he and Mr Quinn “felt that morally we could no longer stand by and allow our ALP (Afghan Local Police) to commit atrocities”.

He now has the option to appeal to the Army Board for Correction of Military Records.